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What Is it Like to Be a Bat?

In his article, “What is it like to be a bat?” Thomas Nagel argues that there are facts about the conscious experience that are...

Mind-Body Problem

Are the mind and the body separate entities, or one and the same thing? If they are separate, how do they relate? If they are one...

The Hard Problem

"The hard problem of consciousness is the problem of explaining how and why sentient organisms have qualia or phenomenal experiences—how...

Mary's Room

"In philosophy of mind, Mary’s Room is a thought experiment meant to demonstrate the non-physical nature of mental states. It is an...

Zombies

Zombies in philosophy are imaginary creatures designed to illuminate problems about consciousness and its relation to the physical world....

Physicalism

Physicalism (also known as Materialistic Monism...) is the philosophical position that everything which exists is no more extensive than...

Qualia

Qualia are the phenomenal qualities of experiences—the raw felt qualities of sensations, emotions, thoughts, or anything else. They are...

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